Table 7 Response to interview questions about exercise
Participant | What type of exercise do you do/How often? | Do you exercise with anyone? | Are you self-motivated to exercise? | Would you consider the game you just played an exercise game? | Did the game support the right type of exercise for you? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walking (1/2 mile daily) | No. Occasionally with partner | Yes | Not really | It was too easy |
2 | Horse riding (3 x per week) and stable care (daily). Pilates/physiotherapy exercises (30 min daily). Walk the dog (daily). Gardening (30 min weekly). | Friends, daughter or employee (stable care). | Yes | Yes | It probably was because it made me exercise my arms and shoulders. |
3 | Walking. Used to enjoy pilates and yoga (3 x weekly) but have stopped 6 weeks ago because of hypotension. | In a group | Was self-motivated before problems with hypotension | Yes | I think this is a good balance exercise but feel it would not suit me now because of my hypotension. |
5 | Yoga (3 x weekly). Aerobic and strength training once weekly. Walk daily. | No. Occasionally with partner. | Yes, mostly. | Yes. It was also cognitively challenging. It’s not like any other physical exercise. It made me use my mind and body. | Yes. I need to be encouraged to do move more. Slow movements can be off-putting but the movements in the game were right for me and didn’t trigger my tremor. |
6 | Incidental exercise (works on a farm daily). Otherwise no. | No. Although it my children were younger I would feel more motivated to pay with them. | No | It was more a mind exercise. I thought I was thinking more than moving my body. | No. If I thought my balance was poor and this game would help it, I would definitely play this game at home. |
7 | Walks 1 mile daily. | No | Yes | No. I thought it was more of a game of coordination, reaction time and balance. | Not for me. |
8 | Walking 3 x weekly | With my partner. | Yes but not enough to go to the gym. | No. It’s not aerobic enough to be considered an exercise. | Yes. It challenges my balance and coordination. |
9 | Walk about 6,000 steps daily. Circuit exercise class at the gym once weekly. Nintendo Wii once weekly. | I usually exercise alone but sometimes with others. | Yes | Yes. Quite energetic and I felt I used my arms and legs a lot. | I thought this game challenged my coordination but felt that my balance was not challenged enough. |
10 | Golf twice weekly. | Yes. | Yes. | An exercise of the mind. | I’m not sure. I found the game challenging. |